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    "id": 1202264,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1202264/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": "We are also hoping that Uwezo Fund, Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Women Enterprise Development Fund and the hustlers’ fund will be disbursed through a digital platform so that it gets to the people in remote areas of this country, and to those who cannot reach the towns of our constituencies or counties. His Excellency the President spoke a lot to the issue of agriculture. I come from Manyatta Constituency, which is an agricultural area. We farm a lot of coffee, tea, horticultural crops and maize. I am very happy with the issue of fertilizer. Fertilizer has reached Manyatta Constituency but there is need, as my fellow Members have said, to improve and ensure that we have more people getting it. We also want to ensure that we provide good seedlings to our farmers so that we do not give them fertilizer but in turn are left with a loss of Kshs3,500 per bag because they do not have good seeds. I appeal to the Government to ensure that fertilizer and good seedlings get to our people so that we can farm. We need to feed ourselves as a country. We are currently not able to feed ourselves. From what I have heard from our neighbours in Uganda, we might be attacked and hence we should be ready in case such a thing happens so that we do not rely on eggs from Uganda, maize from Tanzania and other things from other countries. Kenya has enough land. All we need is to improve on our agriculture and ensure that irrigation is done in the semi-arid areas. The issue of corruption has been mentioned a few times. I want to correct my fellow Members who are saying the President did not touch on the issue of corruption. The fact that he talked about empowerment of our institutions, he clearly and vehemently talked about corruption. Corruption has gotten where it is today because most of the institutions that are supposed to handle it have not been able to do so well. The increase of funds to the Judiciary is a step in the right direction. If that happens, you will see corruption cases being solved better. The autonomy of the Police Service Commission is also important, and that His Excellency the President has done very well. We need to empower institutions such as the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission ( EACC) so that the issue of corruption can be solved. We are not supposed to be talking about corruption every now and then, as one of the Members said. Hon. Speaker, if we do that we will be able to protect the agenda or the plan that the President has given. The only way we can have these projects and dreams coming true is if we solve the issue of corruption once and for all. Hon. Speaker, the issue of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is one that is very passionate to the people of Manyatta. What the NG-CDF has done for our people should not be understated. As a matter of fact, we need to increase the allocation to the NG-CDF. We need to have more money to ensure that our people school well by giving bursaries to those who are not able to pay school fees, improve the condition of our schools because they are in bad conditions, and improve the standards of living. We need to realize that the future of education in this country lies in the day schools that were started by the late Hon. Mwai Kibaki. The day schools of this country depend solely on NG-CDF. I hope these Members will fight for the said fund so that it does not go anywhere. I still do not understand why the law of 2013 is said to be illegal but…"
}